Stan's Is Leaving Washington Street. Here's What's Moving In Around It.

Stan's Sport Center opened at 528 Washington Street in 1946. On August 31, 2026, its owners announced they were closing the storefront. In the same weeks, a wing restaurant opened at 410, a bakery and a yoga studio moved into 500, a sparkling-espresso café opened at 1200, and a wine shop held its grand opening at 1450.

The businesses signing on this fall mostly sell things that only work in person: food, coffee, classes, treatments, wine, a painted mug you make yourself. A store whose sales moved to team contracts and screen-printing shops is giving way to businesses that need you to walk in.

What Stan's Owners Said About the Street

Stan's farewell post, which Hoboken Girl reported in full, explained why in plain terms:

"The city has changed. The sporting goods industry has changed. The way people shop has changed... Local storefronts simply don't see the foot traffic they once did, and at some point, holding onto the past can jeopardize the future."

That is the owners' account of their own business. It isn't a measurement of the whole avenue, and no city or business-group figures on Washington Street vacancies turned up in recent reporting. Still, it comes from a family that has watched one storefront for 80 years.

Brothers-in-law Pete Stanich and Ray Cerrito opened the store after returning from World War II. They named it after the first four letters of Pete's last name. It started as a hobby shop selling model airplanes and basketballs, then grew into uniforms and equipment for local schools. Dan DeCongelio started there sweeping floors as a freshman in 1973 and bought the store in 1996. He now runs it with his son, Daniel. For the 75th anniversary, the city put up a "Stan's Way" street sign at 5th and Washington.

The company isn't going away. The announcement says Stan's will keep growing as an authorized team dealer and full-service sporting goods vendor for schools, athletic programs, towns and teams. Its Saddle Brook location already handles screen printing and embroidery. Most of that work comes in as orders, so it no longer needs walk-in shoppers. The post ends, "The storefront is closing. Stan's is moving forward."

What Opened on the Same Blocks

Walk north from the river and the new arrivals share a pattern. Each one sells an experience as much as a product.

325 Washington Street. SUGARED + BRONZED, a sugaring and custom airbrush-tanning studio, announced it was open on August 25. It's the brand's first New Jersey location. Founder Courtney Claghorn started the company in 2010. It's an appointment business, so every booking brings someone to the block.

410 Washington Street. Atomic Wings, a chain with locations in several states, opened recently. It's known for all-natural, antibiotic- and hormone-free chicken and a list of signature sauces, many of them gluten-free.

500 Washington Street. One address now holds two new tenants that work well together. Dän Bakery + Cafe came from Morristown and sells baked goods, comfort food and hot savory dishes, including phyllo pastries filled with spinach and feta. ĀTMĀ Yoga Collective, in the same building, offers 15 weekly classes led by 10 teaching partners, plus monthly programs. A class and a pastry afterward now fit under one roof.

629 Washington Street. Studio + Story is one of the few new arrivals that's a classic boutique. It sells personalized gifts, apparel, home goods and locally inspired pieces, with a dedicated area for rotating work by local artists.

1200 Washington Street. Sober Shot, which started in Jersey City, opened its second location here. Its namesake drink is a double espresso with sparkling water and a "white top" of whole milk, condensed milk and heavy cream. Founder Stella Lin started the café in Jersey City, and Hoboken Girl confirmed the uptown shop was open as of August 28.

1450 Washington Street. Uncorked Wines held its grand opening on Saturday, September 12, selling wine, beer and spirits.

One block east of the avenue, OddFellows opened at 53 1st Street with its offbeat ice cream flavors. Hoboken Girl's September 28 roundup lists all of these as open by late September but gives only some exact opening dates.

The Storefronts Still Behind Paper

The businesses with announced plans follow the same pattern. Here's where each one stood as of October 11, based on the latest local reporting.

Color Me Mine fits the pattern especially well. Francesca's sold clothing and accessories. Its replacement sells an afternoon at a table with a brush.

The corner at 601–603 Washington shows how slowly a storefront can turn over. Patch reported on October 7 that Giovanni's pizzeria closed there in December 2024 after 23 years, after the family said it couldn't agree on lease terms with the building owner. A hanging sign for Greens, Goods, and Grill went up in late 2025, followed by months with no visible activity. New signage went up over the doors in the first week of October. That's close to two years from closing to new signage on one of the avenue's corners.

The Next Rooms Are Being Built a Block Off the Avenue

Some of the most ambitious food and drink projects in town are going in on the cross streets, run by operators who already know Hoboken.

At 219 11th Street, Johnny Pepperoni was expected to close at the end of September after 15 years as an uptown BYOB Italian spot. The team behind it is building something new in the space. John Avoletta, who owns the rooftop spot City Bistro and opened Viv + Jules in the former Stewed Cow, told Hoboken Girl the team was targeting fall 2026. He also said Cliff Crooks and the team plan to take the food further. As of October 11, no name, menu or opening date had been reported.

A block south, at 107 10th Street, Chef Anthony Pino and Liz Pino, the pair behind Anthony David's and Bin 14, opened the cocktail bar SRO in February 2026. On September 23, their team announced that Below SRO, the downstairs listening room and lounge, is opening soon. Plans include vinyl, a DJ booth, food and cocktails.

Downtown, Jersey Digs reported in August that a restaurant called Anam, with a separate downstairs space called The Pavonia Room, is planned for 36–42 Newark Street. Darragh McConnon and Eóin Martin will co-own it, and McConnon most recently opened Revival in Manhattan. At the time, the project was still in planning and no opening timeline had been announced.

All three are places to spend an evening, built around music, a bar or a chef's menu. None of them depends on the window displays that sold Washington Street goods for most of Stan's 80 years.

As of October 11, no final day for the Stan's storefront and no new tenant for 528 Washington Street had been reported.

If you own a Washington Street storefront and are weighing what kind of tenant fits this mix, or you're thinking about leasing one for a business built on people walking in, the Andrew Botticelli team handles commercial leasing and sales alongside our residential work in Hoboken. Contact us to talk through what's opening around your block.